Black List title 'The Trees' logs in with new title

Shooting starts Sunday in Southampton, N.Y., with Jack Heller directing from Tyler Hisel’s script, which appeared on the 2009 Black List under the title “The Trees.”

Story centers on an isolated town where a nearby logging company has disrupted the balance of the life in the woods. Evil emerges to threaten the local citizens, with their only hope the local sheriff and his deputy.

Iwashina will handle domestic sales. Caliber is in post on “Refuge,” “3 Nights in the Desert” and “Static.” Sundial exec produced “Pariah” and Preferred Content produced “Jiro Dreams of Sushi,” “The Day,” “The Divide” and “The Pact.”